A student earned a 93 on his precal final. Another student earned a 94 on his geometry final. Another student earned a 94 on a test. But, darn it, two students earned only a C+ on their math final in December 2011. They, however, go to a top private school, and have a hard teacher. They still pulled out Bs for the semester, which is good for them. Well done.
January 20, 2012
September 15, 2011
Awesome
A student I tutor who goes to Kinkaid, a top private school in Houston, recently made a 92 on a geometry test. That rocks. I’m proud. Dang proud. As kids now-a-day say: that student is a beast!!
And another student I tutor who goes to Awty, another top private school in Houston, made a 100 on his last geometry test. Wow. That rocks.
August 8, 2011
Student Success
“On my geometry quiz I got a 98% and it went really well and I felt I knew the info. Thank you for all the help and for assisting me when I did not understand something.” –Casey C (May 18, 2011), who goes to a top private school in Houston, and had, probably, one of the hardest geometry teachers you can have (good for the teacher! thanks to her for teaching like we should!).
July 25, 2011
A Student Speaks
” ‘Use logic in math’ is my motto.” — Sophia S (October 31, 2010)
That, and persistent, hard work, are why she gets mostly As. I love that quote.
May 30, 2011
Tired!
Wow. Did a five hour tutoring session with a high school student (private school) for his final in precalculus tomorrow. It capped a long day. But he should have done this two or three days ago!! Then he would have had more time to assimilate, practice, memorize, and understand!!! But we have a life to live; we cannot always do everything in an optimum way.
May 29, 2011
Good News!!
An 8th grade student of mine who goes to a school in Klein ISD earned a 96 on his final exam!! Good job!!
And an 11th grader in the Woodlands earned a B in AB Calculus!!! Good job! That’s a tough course for an 11th grader!!
May 6, 2011
OMG. Squared.
While tutoring a student at Barnes & Noble, a girl started talking to me. Come to find out, she was a student of mine about 15 years ago, when she was in 7th grade. She said I inspired her to study math — so now she has a Masters in math from *Rice* and is going to go for her PhD at *Rice*!!! Wow!!! I’m floored!!!
February 15, 2011
New Hourly Rates
Effective immediately, the hourly rate for private, individual tutoring will be increased to $60 per hour. Group rates will also increase; a fee schedule is available on the Pricing & Hourly Rates page of my Website.
Current students will be kept at the previous rates until June 1st, 2011; rates will increase for current students at that point.
February 8, 2011
Another Yes!
A student I tutor received a 100 on a vocabulary quiz for the first time in his life. Awesome!! What’s more, and what’s much, much more important, he has learned the meaning of some vocabulary words, and how to reason and how to form concepts, like he will learn almost nowhere else.
Yes!
For the first time in her life, a student I tutor received a grade on her math semester final higher than or equal to what she was making in class. She did this last December. And she is going to a top, rigorous private school. Congrats!
